Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether your flattery is worth having

Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present

This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd, Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must either be true or false, you know; if true, let us rejoice in his good opinion; if he lies, it is a proof at least that he loves more to please me, than to sit s

No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself.